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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Masahiko Chaya, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording/reproducing apparatus for effecting recording of information on and/or reproduction of information from a recording medium by applying a magnetic field modulated according to information while irradiating a light beam to the recording medium by an optical pickup, includes a magnetic head for generating the magnetic field, a floating type slider for supporting the magnetic head, a discriminating device for discriminating a kind of the recording medium, an escaping device, including a driving source, for escaping the magnetic head away from the recording medium in accordance with a discrimination result and a carriage on which the magnetic head, the floating slider and the escaping device are mounted.